CAT/C/54/D/456/2011 on 4 November 2009, at Ms. Hernández Colmenarez’s request, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights submitted an urgent request for information to the State party pursuant to article XIV of the Inter-American Convention on Forced Disappearance of Persons and that, on 17 November 2009, the Inter -American Court granted provisional measures in favour of Mr. Guerrero Larez. According to information available on the website of the Inter-American Court, 5 on 19 August 2013, the Court decided to lift the provisional measures and archive the file, indicat ing that “in this matter there is no related individual petition being processed before the Commission”. 6 The Committee observes that the measures adopted by the Inter American Commission and the Inter-American Court did not involve any consideration of the merits of the case. Consequently, the procedures before these authorities do not constitute an examination of the matter within the meaning of article 22, paragraph 5 (a), of the Convention. In these circumstances, and in the absence of information indicating that, since 19 August 2013, the same matter has been or is being examined under another procedure of international investigation or settlement, the Committee finds that there is no obstacle to the admissibility of the complaint under article 22, paragraph 5 (a), of the Convention. 5.3 The Committee recalls with concern that, despite the three reminders sent to it, the State party has not submitted any observations. The Committee therefore finds that it is not precluded from considering the complaint u nder article 22, paragraph 5 (b), of the Convention. 5.4 The Committee considers that the complainants’ allegations under articles 2, 11 and 14 of the Convention have been sufficiently substantiated for the purposes of admissibility and therefore declares these allegations to be admissible. The Committee also considers that the facts presented and the information contained in the case file raise issues under articles 12 and 16 of the Convention in relation to Mr. Guerrero Larez and the complainants, respectively (see paras. 3.6 and 3.7 above). The Committee thus proceeds to its consideration of the merits of the allegations under articles 2, 11, 12 and 14, read separately and in conjunction with article 1 of the Convention, in relation to Mr. Guerrero Larez, and under article 16 in relation to the complainants. Consideration of the merits 6.1 The Committee has considered the complaint in the light of all the information made available to it by the parties, as required under article 22, paragraph 4, of the Convention. As the State party has not provided any observations on the merits, due weight must be given to the complainants’ allegations, to the extent that they have been substantiated. 6.2 Before considering the allegations made by the complainants und er the articles of the Convention invoked, the Committee must determine whether the acts to which Mr. Guerrero Larez was subjected constitute acts of torture within the meaning of article 1 of the Convention. 6.3 The Committee notes the complainants’ allegation that, on 8 September 2009, after being informed by an unidentified person that Mr. Guerrero Larez had been murdered in the Penitentiary, they visited that establishment but did not find him or receive information on his whereabouts. According to the complainants, additional testimonies indicate that Mr. Guerrero Larez was the victim of reprisals by a group of inmates in the Penitentiary who murdered, dismembered and buried him there, with __________________ 5 6 8/11 See www.corteidh.or.cr/docs/medidas/larez_se_03.pdf. See matter of Guerrero Larez, Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of 19 August 2013 (provisional measures), para. 8. GE.15-10585